Re: can I do this better?
Re: can I do this better?
- Subject: Re: can I do this better?
- From: Geoff Canyon <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:06:10 -0700
At 12:47 PM -0500 6/12/02, garrett wrote:
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I wrote this little routine to trim off any trailing or beginning spaces or
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returns. would any of u pros do it differently or better? if so, how and
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why?
Apologies for the slightly off-topic post, but this is such an excellent example for the use of chunk expressions I couldn't resist. Chunks are available in HyperCard, SuperCard, and Revolution, all of which support AppleScript execution as well (in different ways).
In chunks, the above could be accomplished with:
put word 1 to -1 of tString into tString
I don't remember if HyperCard or SuperCard support negative chunk expressions. If they don't, the expression would be a bit more complicated, but still a single line.
http://www.apple.com/hypercard
http://www.incwell.com/SuperCard
http://www.runrev.com
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regards,
Geoff Canyon
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